To: JBL who wrote (32257 ) 2/4/1999 9:04:00 PM From: Daniel Schuh Read Replies (1) | Respond to
The Very Model of a Modern Gentleman nytimes.com White House lawyers, led by Lanny Breuer, objected to the questions delving into the Willey matter. Blumenthal was permitted to answer, but said he knew nothing about Ms. Willey. During the one hour and 15 minutes of the deposition, Blumenthal testified, as he had before the grand jury on three occasions, that in a conversation with the President on Jan. 21, 1998, Clinton said Monica S. Lewinsky had sought an intimate relationship. Blumenthal also testified to the grand jury that Clinton had said Ms. Lewinsky had told him she was known as the Stalker. But Blumenthal said today that he had never repeated that information to reporters, Congressional officials said. And he added that Clinton had never instructed him to spread the story or perpetuate the lie, officials said. Blumenthal is long despised by Republicans as fostering theories that conservatives have engaged in various conspiracies to undermine the President. Blumenthal has also been accused of masterminding the disclosure last year that Representative Henry J. Hyde had a long adulterous affair nearly 30 years ago. Blumenthal has denied that accusation.
